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HAT SEWING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Crrrc EDMOND GREGORY ODONNELL, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, AS-

SIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF THREE-FOURTI-IS TO JOHN J. ODONNELL AND WILFRED AINSWORTH, OF SAME PLACE.

HAT-SEWING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 646,756, dated April 3, 1900.

Application filed January 14, 1899. Serial No. 702,166. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMOND GREGORY ODONNELL, of Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Sewing-Machine,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a machine for sewing the sweat-band into stiff xo felt or other hats having a roll-brim. Heretofore this work has been done by hand-sewing, owing to the difficulty of reaching under the brim to the base of the crown, at which point the sweat-band is sewed. I attain this end by constructing the sewing-machine with a frame comprising an upper arm and a lower arm, the former carrying the needle and resser-foot and being projected out beyond the latter or lower arm, which serves to carry the work and also the stitch-forming devices. The needle and presser-foot bars are provided with arms projected inwardly to the end of the lower arm and carry the needle and presserfoot, so as to hold the same under the brim of the hat and cause them to work at the very base of the crown.

This specification is the disclosure of oneform of my invention, while the claim defines the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention 3 5 with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the invention with the crown of the hat in section on the line 3 8 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view I taken 0 through the lower arms of the machine and showing the needle and complementary stitchforming mechanism. 7

The frame A of the machine has an upper arm 0 and a lower arm B, the'former of which projects outward beyond the end of the arm B and carries the driving-shaft, on which is fastened a crank C. To the crank O is connected a link D, having axially-elongated bearings D for reducing the lateral movement of the link. This link D is connected with the needle-bar E to reciprocate the same. A presser-foot bar F is also mounted in the outer end of the arm C and extends parallel with the needle-bar E.

The lower arm B carries a gage J for guiding the sweat-band, (indicated by the letter h.) The lower arm B is equipped with a chainstitch hook I and feed mechanism G, as shown. The needle-bar E carries an arm E, which is projected inwardly and inclined downwardly to a point just over the outer end of the arm B, the arm E carrying the needle e. With this arrangement a very short needle is employed, which is essential, seeing that the needle must Work beneath the brim H of the hat. The presser-foot bar F carries an arm F, extended inward alongside the arm E, but inclined downwardly to an extent greater than the inclination of the arm E. This arm F carries a presser-foot f, which extends lat erally to the arm and longitudinally with the brim of the hat, so as to contact the inner edge of the presser-foot with the brim of the hat, whereby to guide the movement of the hat over the arm B. The presser-foot f is cut away, as shown, to provide a space through which the needle 6 may work.

In using the invention the hat H and the sweat-band h are placed over the arm B of the frame of the machine, the bars E and F being first raised to permit the passage of the brim of the hat under the needle and presserfoot, so that the sides of the crown of the hat may bear on the arm B and the brim stand upward from the arm inward of the bars E and F. This causes the needle and presserfoot to be projected well under the brim to the base of the crown and enables the sweat-band to be sewed in place, as illustrated in the draw lugs.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A hat-sewing machine, having a frame provided with an upper arm and a lower arm, the arms extending horizontally and the"up per arm projecting outward beyond the outer end of the lower arm, a driven needle-bar cartransversely thereto, so that the inner edge of the presser-foot may bear against the brim 0f thehat to guide the same, and complementary stitch-forming and feed mechanism carried by the lower arm of the frame and Working in time with the needle-bar.

EDMOND GREGORY ODONNELL.

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NICHOLAS HATHEWAY, J12, PETER H. ATHERTON. 

